News 1. “Expert panel” is toothless Reports Jennifer Henderson: After the deaths of three former nursing home residents linked to badly infected bedsores, months of mounting complaints through the Protection of Persons in Care Act, and published news stories from family members alleging nursing home staff are overworked and residents’ care is often neglected, Health […]
Bad behaviour everywhere
Morning File, Thursday, August 2, 2018
1. An apology The Halifax Examiner acknowledges that the Armour Group Limited neither hired, nor fired, the janitors previously employed to clean Founder’s Square. Further, The Halifax Examiner retracts, and apologizes for the allegation that Armour Group engaged in racial discrimination in determining to no longer engage with GDI Integrated Facility Services. The original article […]
Bureaucratic oversight and other misdemeanours
Morning File, Tuesday, April 10, 2018
I’m Erica Butler, your Examiner transportation columnist, sitting in on Morning File today. News 1. Randy Riley case “Last Tuesday, there was dramatic moment in Supreme Court, worthy of its own Law & Order episode,” reported Tim yesterday: In the course of its prosecution of Randy Riley for the 2010 murder of Chad Smith, the […]
The second cruise ship berth may be Sydney’s very own Washmill underpass fiasco
Morning File, Thursday, April 5, 2018
1. Transit passes “The province and the city are cooperating on a plan that will put transit passes into the hands of 16,800 people with some of the lowest incomes in Halifax,” reports Examiner transportation columnist Erica Butler: The potential deal includes everyone within range of a bus stop receiving income assistance, including those currently […]
Spectacular failures: Nova Scotia’s wild-eyed megaproject schemes
Morning File, Monday, April 2, 2018
1. Reporting While White “I have never claimed to write ‘objectively,’” writes El Jones: That doesn’t mean I write things I believe to be untrue or that are factually wrong, but I am always openly writing from the standpoint of a Black woman. White people, however, believe and are taught that their practices are in […]
Facing a budget shortfall for its new building, the YMCA is asking the city for $1.5 million: Morning File, Tuesday, February 20, 2018
1. A jury of whose peers? Discussing the case of Gerald Stanley, charged and then found not guilty of the murder of Colten Boushie, Stephen Kimber writes: In his instructions to the jury, Chief Justice Martel Popescul said jurors had three choices: agree with the Crown and convict Stanley of second-degree murder; conclude that Stanley should have known […]
The worst-managed subscription drive ever: Morning File, Wednesday, November 8, 2017
November subscription drive This is the worst-managed subscription drive ever: I forgot to even mention it yesterday. That’s partly because I’m a bit busier than normal this week as I’m reporting on a couple of issues that require a lot of time, but the results of that reporting probably won’t be seen for weeks or […]
The Lobster Wars of Bird Islands: Morning File, Wednesday, July 26, 2017
News 1. Twinning the 103 Yesterday, the federal government announced funding for the twinning of Highway 103: Work involves twinning approximately 10.8 kilometres of road between Upper Tantallon and Ingramport, with the construction of new bridge structures over Mill Lake, Little Indian Lake, the Ingram River, and over Highway 103 at Mill Lake. A further […]
A series of segues: Morning File, Thursday, July 6, 2017
News 1. Corey Rogers Yesterday, the Public Prosecution Service issued this rather cryptic release: The Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has asked the Manitoba Prosecution Service to provide legal advice to the Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT) on its ongoing investigation into a 2016 death in Halifax Regional Police cells. On June 16, 2016, […]
The Summer of Hate: Morning File, Tuesday, June 20, 2017
News 1. Street checks “All Halifax Regional Police officers — from the chief through to new recruits — will receive training in 2018 on fair and impartial policing in order to improve street check practices that disproportionately target black people,” reports Sherri Borden Colley for the CBC: It’s one of several measures the police force is taking, Halifax Regional […]